单词 | hoatzin |
释义 | hoatzin (once / 1477414 pages) n WORD FAMILY hoatzin: hoatzins USAGE EXAMPLESThis was a hoatzin, famously called the stinkbird because its herbivorous diet endows its droppings with a barnyard stench. Slate(Jun 05, 2015) Chickens share the most DNA with the first bird ancestor, closely followed by hoatzin and emu. Scientific American(Apr 09, 2015) The chicks of a bird called a hoatzin have dinosaur-like claws on their fingertips that they use to climb trees before they are fledged. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2014) n crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings Syn|Hyper Opisthocomus hoazin, hoactzin, stinkbird gallinacean, gallinaceous bird heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
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